Title:
ROLE OF TEACHERS IN PROMOTING ETHICS AND VALUES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION: A STUDY ON A.P. RESIDENTIAL, BC, SC, ST WELFARE SCHOOLS

Authors:
Dr. M. Roja Lakshmi

Abstract:
This paper examines the role of teachers in both multi-culture and multi-ethnic schools of A.P. Residential Schools and single-culture schools such as Backward, schedule category and Schedule tribe welfare schools. One of the goals to impart value-based education is to nourish a commitment towards inclusive development. To accomplish this, it is imperative that teachers educate accordingly, both in what they teach and in how they teach. This article explores that, the idea by examining the key terms: 'education', 'ethics in education', 'value-based education', and 'social change'. First, definitions of the word "education" are examined, and it is argued that how education is promoting ethical values among the students through the role of teacher and teacher education. This leads to a discussion of the concept of inclusive growth, which is presented in terms of three issues: inclusion and human nature, free from punishment and harassment of structural violence on students, and personal commitment to ethics. Finally, the concept of social change is examined in its relationship to the notion of power, humanization of teacher nature and character, to the importance of envisioning a better world, and to the importance of group action. Finally, classroom examples are provided that illustrate ways in which both content and pedagogy can contribute to the goal of education for inclusive development and positive social change.
The state of Andhra Pradesh has reported and ranked top among the corporal punishment, and harassment on students through violence. But in these residential schools, teachers are teaching value-based education along with formal education. This paper would be carried out based on empirical work, with a structured questionnaire. The researchers would like to examine the various reasons based on case studies and with intensive participant observation method with special focus on teacher education, in promoting ethics and social values among students with in their respective residential schools. The expected findings of this study are why and how the role of teachers and teacher education is important in promoting value-based education for future generations in these multi-culture and single-culture secondary schools.